Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. — The Hurley City Council on Tuesday approved its 2018 audit report. Rob Ganschow, a partner with Wipfli LLC, presented the audit results on behalf of the accounting firm. He said the $3.26 million revenue and expenditures for 2017 appear significantly higher than the $2.41 million in 2018 because of approximately $333,000 in capital projects. Ganschow said the city’s expenditures did not exceed revenues overall for 2018. However, the public works department, conservation and dev...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - A Fremont, Mich., man pulling an 18-foot foam and metal hog through the western Upper Peninsula Wednesday, said it was part of an awareness tour to protect the state's term limit amendment. Jeff Tillman is a member of Don't Touch Term Limits!, a non-partisan nonprofit organization that works to bring awareness when there are legal or legislative attempts to nullify the 1992 voter approved amendment that limits state representatives to...
DULUTH, Minn. — The 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth started conducting night exercises in the region Tuesday which are expected to run through Dec. 19. “This period of night flying will allow the wing to conduct night air-to-air training and air-to-air refueling using night vision device,” a public affairs officer for the fighter wing said in a news release. “Night flying is required for pilot proficiency to train for future missions worldwide. Most night flying occurs in the winter months due to the earlier sunset times, enabling jets to...
Thursday, Dec. 12 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Red Hat Society, noon, Elk & Hound, Ironwood. Contact Miriam Rund at 906-667-0116. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Nutrition Advisory Committee, 1:15 p.m., Hurley Senior... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Reino Estola, 91, of Ironwood Township, passed away on Dec. 9, 2019, in Ironwood. Reino was born on Sept. 21, 1928, in Ironwood Township on the family farm, the son of William and Ada (Kivi) Estola. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952, stationed in Germany during the Korean War. As a young man, he drove a truck for Ahonen Lumber Company; and upon his return from the war, he moved to Ann Arbor, where he worked for Michigan Consolidated Gas Company.... Full story
WASHINGTON, Utah. — Georgia Mae (Honkala) Taylor, 77, lost her battle with cancer on Dec. 9, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Bessemer, Mich., to George and Marge Honkala, She enjoyed life to the fullest and made many trips back to Bessemer to see her family and friends here. After graduating from high school, Georgia moved to Banning, Calif., where she stayed with friends. There she met her husband, Lee Taylor, after one and a half years of dating, they married. Georgia worked many different jobs. While her husband was d... Full story
OCALA, Fla. - Edmund H. Keranen was born in Ironwood, Mich., to parents, Clara and Charles Keranen. In 1949, he graduated from St. Ambrose High School in Ironwood and then attended the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., for two years. He then received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated with the class of 1955, with a commission in the U.S. Air Force. In 1960, he graduated from the University of Illinois with a master's degree in civil engineering. Following his Air... Full story
